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Giants released OF Chris Denorfia.

Denorfia, who signed a minor league deal with the Giants in June, was batting .255/.308/.382 with four homers and 15 RBI over 36 games with Triple-A Sacramento. The 36-year-old will attempt to latch on elsewhere. Aug 15 - 9:43 PM

Giants signed OF Chris Denorfia to a minor league contract; assigned him to Triple-A Sacramento.

San Francisco also just signed Travis Ishikawa to a minor league deal. The club is collecting fringe major leaguers who can play the corner outfield in the wake of Hunter Pence's hamstring surgery. Denorfia was released from the Yankees at the end of spring training and has spent the last nine weeks as a free agent. He's not on the fantasy radar. Jun 9 - 11:52 AM

Denorfia realized he wasn't going to make the Opening Day roster and exercised his opt-out clause. The 35-year-old should latch on quickly somewhere else, although it's possible he'll have to spend some time in the minors. Mar 27 - 9:23 AM

Yankees signed OF Chris Denorfia to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Denorfia, 35, spent last season with the Cubs and batted .269/.319/.373 with three home runs and 18 RBI over 231 plate appearances. He probably doesn't have a good chance to make the Opening Day roster, but he'll provide some outfield depth in camp at the very least. Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal reports that Denorfia can opt out of his minor league deal at the end of spring training. Mar 2 - 9:09 AM

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Giants signed OF Chris Denorfia to a minor league contract; assigned him to Triple-A Sacramento.

San Francisco also just signed Travis Ishikawa to a minor league deal. The club is collecting fringe major leaguers who can play the corner outfield in the wake of Hunter Pence's hamstring surgery. Denorfia was released from the Yankees at the end of spring training and has spent the last nine weeks as a free agent. He's not on the fantasy radar.

Denorfia realized he wasn't going to make the Opening Day roster and exercised his opt-out clause. The 35-year-old should latch on quickly somewhere else, although it's possible he'll have to spend some time in the minors.

Yankees signed OF Chris Denorfia to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Denorfia, 35, spent last season with the Cubs and batted .269/.319/.373 with three home runs and 18 RBI over 231 plate appearances. He probably doesn't have a good chance to make the Opening Day roster, but he'll provide some outfield depth in camp at the very least. Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal reports that Denorfia can opt out of his minor league deal at the end of spring training.

Chris Denorfia smacked a walk-off solo home run in the 11th inning, sending the Cubs past the Royals on Monday.

Denorfia pinch-hit in the pitcher's spot in the lineup, facing reliever Miguel Almonte to lead off the 11th. He didn't waste much time changing the 0-0 score, hitting a no-doubter to left field. The outfielder, serving mostly as a bench bat, has hit .274/.323/.383 with three home runs and 16 RBI in 219 plate appearances.

Chris Denorfia hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to give the Cubs a walk-off, 1-0 win over the Dodgers on Tuesday.

With the bases loaded and one out, Denorfia lifted a Kenley Jansen pitch deep enough to center to score Matt Szczur and send the fans home happy. The run batted in was Denorfia's eighth of the year in a part-time role with the club.

Denorfia has battled a left hamstring issues dating back to spring training and is in the midst of his second trip to the disabled list for the ailment. It appears he's starting to make progress, but the Cubs figure to bring him along slowly.

Chris Denorfia (hamstring) will be placed on the disabled list prior to Tuesday's game.

Denorfia aggravated the left hamstring injury that he's been dealing with since before Opening Day. "It's very frustrating," he said. "I've never had a recurring muscle injury like this before." Matt Szczur will be recalled to take Denorfia's spot on the roster.

Chris Denorfia (hamstring) was able to pinch hit in Wednesday's loss to the Pirates.

He flied out to center in the bottom of the fifth inning and wasn't kept in on defense. The backup outfielder missed the first two weeks of the regular season with a left hamstring strain and still has some lingering discomfort. Consider him day-to-day.

Denorfia missed the first two weeks of the regular season with a left hamstring strain and still isn't quite over it. "Denorfia is still not 100 percent with his leg, so I don't want to push him right now," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. Junior Lake is in left field Tuesday night.